People rest next to debris and uprooted trees near the tsunami-hit Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 29, 2011. Only 34 students out of a total of 108 survived the disaster at the elementary school. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

A torn page with headshots of students from a class photo album lies on mud outside the tsunami-hit Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 29, 2011. Only 34 students out of a total of 108 survived the disaster. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

by Julie Mollins3/29/2011 9:28:31 AM

A mother assists her son, a student from the tsunami-hit Okawa Elementary School, as he arrives for the first school day since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, at a temporary alternative school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 29, 2011. Only 34 students out of a total of 108 survived the disaster. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Okawa Elementary School principal Teruyuki Kashiba reacts as he speaks to the media after the surviving students showed up for the first school day since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a provisional school, since the Okawa elementary school building was devastated, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 29, 2011. Only 34 students out of a total of 108 survived the disaster. REUTERS/Yuriko Naka

by Julie Mollins3/29/2011 10:05:05 AM

Outline of Press Conference held by Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano on March 29th at 16:00 on.fb.me

Church World Service (CWS) says Japan's domestic resources alone aren't sufficient to deal with the earthquake and tsunami that devastated its northeastern coast on March 11, and there are still thousands who haven't yet received assistance.

"Survivors I interviewed echo the same point, that relief efforts reported in the media are not consistently reaching them, which tells us there is a huge variation on where needs are somewhat being met and not being met at all," Takeshi Komino, CWS Asia/Pacific's head of emergencies, said in a statement.

Almost half of city centres in Iwate prefecture were destroyed by the tsunami, according to CWS. So far, there has been virtually no humanitarian coordination there, Komino reported, and distribution of relief items has stalled.

Over the weekend, at a school evacuation centre in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, survivor Hideaki Aonuma told the CWS team he had seen nothing indicating any future plans for the evacuees.

"Houses gone, jobs gone, families are scattered," another survivor said. "We don't know how long more we should stay here and where we should go next."

CWS is working with local partners in Japan to coordinate emergency relief for about 25,000 individuals sheltered at 100 evacuation sites in Miyagi, Fukushima, Iwate, Ibaragi and Tochigi prefectures.

Women spend a moment of silence next to coffins of victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a temporary mass gravesite in Higashi-Matsushima in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

by Julie Mollins3/31/2011 10:33:23 PM

A man cleans his house which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Noribu town, northern Japan March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

by Julie Mollins3/31/2011 10:35:23 PM

A house and vehicles damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are seen in Ishinomaki, northern Japan March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

by Julie Mollins3/31/2011 10:36:41 PM

People visit a temporary mass gravesite for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Higashi-Matsushima in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

by Julie Mollins3/31/2011 10:38:35 PM

Evacuees eat their meals at an evacuation shelter in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, twenty days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj